The Consortium of NLUs has published the CLAT 2025 Round 1 Cut-off on May 26, 2025. Candidates can download the cut-offs through the CLAT 2025 merit list published on the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The publication of the merit list signals the start of the first round of CLAT 2025 counselling. The NLU admissions are considered tough due to the higher cut-offs for premier NLUs. In this article, get the CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off for the top 10 NLUs.
Only those candidates who have cleared the CLAT 2025 cut-offs will be able to obtain seat allotment. Candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB programmes through the Common Law Admission Test UG.
Candidates can download the CLAT 2025 cut-off for the first round of counselling by following the steps given below -
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on the round 1 merit list link
Next, click on the CLAT 2025 merit list PDF of the desired university
The CLAT 2025 round 1 cut-off PDF will be visible on the screen
Download and save the cut-off for future reference
Given below is the course wise cut-off for the top 10 NLUs along with opening and closing ranks for the first round of CLAT 2025 counselling.
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
General | 1 | 100 |
General W | 5 | 105 |
General GC-KA | 29 | 104 |
General GC KA* | 107 | 310 |
EWS | 119 | 694 |
SC | 182 | 2881 |
OBC | 209 | 1302 |
ST | 678 | 3396 |
Category | Opening Rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 372 | 513 |
EWS-TL | 975 | 2618 |
GC-TL | 183 | 607 |
General | 17 | 150 |
OBC | 333 | 1219 |
SC | 1483 | 3177 |
ST | 1311 | 3621 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
GC-WB | 338 | 1049 |
General | 57 | 285 |
OBC-A-WB | 6867 | 10297 |
OBC-B-WB | 1359 | 3792 |
SC | 3048 | 3952 |
ST | 4823 | 6343 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
GC-WB | 1058 | 1362 |
General | 299 | 652 |
OBC-A-WB | 13343 | 13417 |
OBC-B-WB | 4168 | 4168 |
SC | 4244 | 6584 |
SC-WB | 8433 | 12662 |
ST | 8994 | 9739 |
ST-WB | 18509 | 18509 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 819 | 1118 |
General | 236 | 402 |
General GC GJ | 195 | 195 |
General GC-GJ* | 578 | 2219 |
OBC | 1396 | 2138 |
SC | 974 | 5796 |
ST | 4457 | 7639 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 787 | 1261 |
General | 257 | 458 |
OBC | 1658 | 1757 |
SC | 5077 | 5763 |
ST | 6166 | 8243 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS | 1338 | 1890 |
General | 486 | 821 |
OBC | 2217 | 2453 |
SC | 6764 | 7200 |
ST | 10384 | 11901 |
Category | Opening Marks | Closing Ranks |
DTA-MH | 8850 | 8850 |
EWS-MH | 2524 | 7523 |
General | 443 | 536 |
NTB-MH | 6717 | 6717 |
OBC-MH | 4161 | 7008 |
SBC-MH | 13450 | 13450 |
SC-MH | 7180 | 12388 |
SEBC-MH | 21062 | 23893 |
ST-MH | 10288 | 13124 |
Category | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
EWS | 542 | 910 |
General | 159 | 357 |
OBC | 1307 | 1699 |
SC | 3343 | 4659 |
ST | 4343 | 5232 |
Category | Opening rank | Closing rank |
EWS-UP | 1327 | 1370 |
General | 461 | 721 |
OBC-UP | 1064 | 3354 |
SC-UP | 1832 | 11064 |
ST-UP | 19305 | 19305 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
General | 469 | 943 |
SC | 3196 | 6557 |
ST | 8920 | 11889 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
General | 552 | 1034 |
SC | 7630 | 7711 |
ST | 10921 | 12684 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
EWS | 1501 | 1911 |
General | 864 | 1476 |
OBC | 1671 | 3025 |
SC | 8542 | 9324 |
ST | 10015 | 13373 |
Category | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks |
EWS | 1912 | 2088 |
General | 1164 | 1504 |
OBC | 1845 | 3634 |
SC | 8493 | 9515 |
ST | 10573 | 13619 |
On Question asked by student community
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You can check NLU wise marks required in CLAT PG for admissions here .
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You can refer to books like AP Bhardwaj for legal aptitude, RS Aggarwal for reasoning, and dedicated guides like CULET Guide by Dipanjan Mitra for best preparation for CULET. Additionally, you can refer to the CULET previous year question papers .
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You can download the CLAT PG previous year question papers here .
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